cunquateiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From cunquate (“kumquat”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kũ.kwaˈte(j).ɾu/ [kũ.kwaˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kũ.kwaˈte(j).ɾo/ [kũ.kwaˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kũ.kwɐˈtɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kũ.kwɐˈtej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kũ.kwɐˈtej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kũ.kwɐˈte.ɾu/

Hyphenation: cun‧qua‧tei‧ro

Noun

cunquateiro m (plural cunquateiros)

(botany) kumquat tree
Synonym: cunquate

Further reading

“cunquateiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025